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Earth, Wind & Fire

Brazilian Rhyme (Ponta de Areia)

1986 · via Talib Kweli

Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1986 recording of “Brazilian Rhyme (Ponta de Areia)” is the earliest release on file. Milton Nascimento is credited as its writer. Talib Kweli’s “Can We Go Back” (2006) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Earth, Wind & Fire – Brazilian Rhyme (Ponta de Areia)
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Earth, Wind & Fire had it on record before Kweli built a track out of it, but the song belongs to Milton Nascimento. Follow it past the horns and you end up at the man who wrote it.

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Credited writer: Milton Nascimento.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1986.

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Talib Kweli’s “Can We Go Back” (2006) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Talib Kweli's "Can We Go Back" samples "Brazilian Rhyme (Ponta de Areia)," a song Earth, Wind & Fire had on record. Who wrote it?Milton Nascimento
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